2 Corinthians 4:10 BSB

2 Corinthians 4:10

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

KJV

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

That he uses these words with respect to the body of flesh, and to none other, he declares to the Corinthians manifestly, indubitably, and free from all ambiguity: "Always bearing about in our body the dying of Jesus, that also the life of Jesus Christ might be manifested in our body. For if we who live are delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, it is that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh."

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Always bearing about in the body, etc. - Being every moment in danger of losing our lives in the cause of truth, as Jesus Christ was. We, in a word, bear his cross, and are ready to offer up our lives for him. There is probably an allusion here to the marks, wounds, and bruises which the contenders in those games got, and continued to carry throughout life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The fact of a dying, corpse-like body being sustained amidst such trials, manifests that "the (resurrection) life also," as well as the dying, "of Jesus," exerts its power in us. I thus bear about in my own person an image of the risen and living, as well as of the suffering, Saviour. The "our" is added here to "body," though not in the beginning of the verse.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πάντοτε	pantote	always	G3842 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
νέκρωσιν	nekrōsin	death	G3500 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
σώματι	sōmati	[our] body	G4983 →
περιφέροντες,	peripherontes	carrying around,	G4064 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ζωὴ	zōē	life	G2222 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	of Jesus	G2424 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
σώματι	sōmati	body	G4983 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
φανερωθῇ·	phanerōthēa	may be manifested;	G5319 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 2:11
This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
leads to
- Colossians 3:3–4
  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 6:8
  Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
- John 14:19
  In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Peter 4:13
But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
leads to
- Romans 8:17
  And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- James 1:2–3
  Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
- Romans 5:3
  Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
Through
Romans 6:5
For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
leads to
- Philippians 3:10–11
  I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
- Colossians 2:12
  And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

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Where the connections lead

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About 2 Corinthians